George Washington's Tomb

USA / Virginia / Mount Vernon /
 tomb(s), cemetery
The remains of George and Martha Washington reside in this vaulted brick tomb.

His daughter Nelly and other Washington family members are buried in the immediate area.
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Coordinates:   38°42'24"N   77°5'19"W

Comments

  • "Let us raise the standard to which the honest and honorable can repair." Farewell address - 1796
  • "Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and Morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be, that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great Nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt, that, in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages, which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its Virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas! Is it rendered impossible by its vices?" From his Farewell Address - 1796 Source of Quote: en.wikisource.org/wiki/Washington%27s_Farewell_Address (Para 31)
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